نُطْفَةٌsperm-drop

Example sentences

• وفيه قول ثالث قال مقاتل إن شئت رددته من الكبر إلى الشباب ومن الشباب إلى الصبا إلى النطفة

  And there is a third opinion by Muqatil, who said that if He wills, He can return him from old age to youth, from youth to childhood, and to the sperm-drop.

  النُّطْفَةِ — sperm-drop. This is the owner noun 'the sperm-drop' in the genitive forced by the preposition before it, made definite by 'the'. It names the earliest stage, the final destination of the reverse journey through life.

  From: Ten Proofs of Resurrection →

• فجرت قطرات النطف إلى أحصن الحروز،

  Then drops of sperm were released into well-fortified fortresses.

  النُّطَفِ — of sperm. The owning half of 'drops of sperm', in the genitive because it completes the possessive pairing. The ending and order carry the 'of' with no separate word, specifying what the drops consist of.

  From: God's Promise of New Life →